Author Archives: Madison Quinn
Voting on Minnesota state fossil end October 1st
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesotans have until 11:59 p-m Thursday to vote on the Minnesota State Fossil. The Science Museum of Minnesota says the leading candidates are the Giant Beaver followed by Ancient ...
Sep 28, 2021 (Photo: Science Museum of Minnesota)
Amtrak train that derailed was going just under speed limit
JOPLIN, Mont. - An Amtrak train that derailed in rural Montana over the weekend was going just under the speed limit at about 75 mph (121 kph) when it went off the track along a gradual curve, accordi...
Sep 28, 2021 Workers examine a train car, Monday, Sept. 27, 2021, from an Amtrak train that derailed Saturday, near Joplin, Mont.
Safety officials seek answers in deadly Amtrak derailment
JOPLIN, Mont. - Federal investigators are examining overturned rail cars and a stretch of tracks as they try to determine why an Amtrak train derailed in rural Montana over the weekend. The crash kill...
Sep 27, 2021 Workers examine a train car, Monday, Sept. 27, 2021, from an Amtrak train that derailed Saturday, near Joplin, Mont.
As daughter sought state license, Noem summoned agency head
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Ethics experts are questioning whether South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem had a conflict of interest by meeting with her daughter and top state officials last year in the governor's off...
Sep 27, 2021 Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD)
Non-coronavirus patients wait for intensive care unit bed
RAPID CITY, S.D. - The coronavirus patients that fill the intensive care unit at a Rapid City hospital are forcing other patients in need of an ICU bed to wait. The director of the ICU nursing unit at...
Sep 27, 2021 oddmenout / CC
Allina Health Clinic in Buffalo re-opening Monday
BUFFALO, Minn. - An Allina Health clinic in Buffalo re-opens Monday more than seven months after a deadly shooting. The staff at the Buffalo-Crossroads Clinic says it is excited to welcome patients ba...
Sep 27, 2021
1 dead, 1 wounded in shooting on St. Paul's East Side
MINNEAPOLIS - St. Paul police are investigating a shooting that killed one man and wounded another on the city's East Side. Police say about 7 p.m. Friday, several 911 callers reported shots fired at ...
Sep 26, 2021
Fargo Marathon welcomes back runners after last year cancellation
FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) - With runners from more than 40 states lacing up their shoes, it's safe to say the Fargo Marathon is back in full swing. "We're having the marathon back in Fargo again. It's really...
Sep 26, 2021
Brandon man sentenced to 10 years in prison
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - A Brandon man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for driving drunk and causing a crash that killed a woman. Jeffrey Eitreim was sentenced on Friday, after pleading guilty to ...
Sep 26, 2021
2 people identified in fatal head-on I-29 crash near Fargo
FARGO (KFGO) - 2 people are dead after a crash on I-29 near Fargo early Sunday morning. It happened in an area under road construction where traffic is head-to-head. The State Patrol says a pickup dri...
Sep 26, 2021
